pull back

Verb
  1. Pull back or move away or backward (synset 201998474)
    "The enemy withdrew"; "The limo pulled away from the curb"
    is a type of: go, locomote, move, travel - change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically
    subtypes:
    same as: draw back, move back, pull away, recede, retire, retreat, withdraw
    verb group: back away, back out, crawfish, crawfish out, pull back, pull in one's horns, retreat, withdraw - make a retreat from an earlier commitment or activity
  2. Use a surgical instrument to hold open (the edges of a wound or an organ) (synset 201612677)
    is a type of: pull - apply force so as to cause motion towards the source of the motion
    same as: draw back, retract
  3. Move to a rearward position;
    Pull towards the back (synset 201451646)
    "Pull back your arms!"
    is a type of: draw, pull - cause to move by pulling
    verb group: draw, pull back - stretch back a bowstring (on an archer's bow)
  4. Stretch back a bowstring (on an archer's bow) (synset 201245862)
    "The archers were drawing their bows"
    is a type of: stretch - pull in opposite directions
    same as: draw
    verb group: pull back - move to a rearward position; pull towards the back
  5. Make a retreat from an earlier commitment or activity (synset 200801045)
    "We'll have to crawfish out from meeting with him"; "He backed out of his earlier promise"; "The aggressive investment company pulled in its horns"
    same as: back away, back out, crawfish, crawfish out, pull in one's horns, retreat, withdraw
    verb group: draw back, move back, pull away, pull back, recede, retire, retreat, withdraw - pull back or move away or backward

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